PinnedMember-onlyThis is My Last Article For MediumComes a time when you realize you just have to move on — In my youth days, my best friend Lucas and I used to come back from great parties late at night, and we certainly had more than a few beers. One of these nights it was rainy and windy, Lucas pointed out to a traffic light swinging in the wind and…Medium4 min readMedium4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyHere’s Why I Muted Umair HaqueWarning: this is a sad story — The British economist Umair Haque continues to provoke waves of controversy here on Medium for a number of reasons. First, he is a highly pragmatic and distinguished broadcaster of apocalyptic terminal news, asserting we are all indeed fucked and that in this miserable and pathetic life of ours, the only…Umair Haque4 min readUmair Haque4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThis is What you Get All Wrong About MediumRelax, don’t take yourself so seriously — We all know traffic sucks these days. And you used to have way more views, reads, comments, and even money. We know something happened; something has changed, and it wasn’t you. Maybe all your readers went away at once. But I think that's unlikely. And by the way, I wrote…Medium4 min readMedium4 min read
4 days agoVisiting Salvador, Brazil, a Land of Sensuality, Black Culture, and ViolenceA tropical paradise with a racial paradox — Getting on the plane to Salvador gives you an idea of what’s ahead. Party atmosphere and the happy fragrance of beautiful brown people of all tones. My pineal gland is telling me: this is where you belong. The plane bounces up and down as it tries to pierce through the…Slavery6 min readSlavery6 min read
Jan 9Discovering my Bliss in the Secret World of a Massage ParlorsI’m a massage addict, OK, but I have also discovered that getting great massages takes work. And it’s joyful work that involves spending a shit load of money, getting massages, and trying different masseuses. Finding your masseuse is a bit tricky matchmaking exchange because massages are intimate events. …Massage5 min readMassage5 min read
Jan 3Why Some People are Above the LawNo matter what you think or desire — But the worst part of realizing some are above the law, and the most humiliating to our collective intelligence is that the above-the-law is a loser. This should worry us all. What does that say about the most powerful nation in the world and its citizens? But it hurts even…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Dec 31, 2022Member-onlyBreaking: My New Year’s ResolutionsWe can always do better next time around, but we don’t — The title above is wrong, and the colon shouldn’t be there. But let’s keep it there for good luck: #1 Stop looking at disappointing Medium stats or little numbers on the bell #2 Stop reading and watching stuff about Trump #3 Stop believing Trump will ever be persecuted #4 Continue to take…New Years Resolutions2 min readNew Years Resolutions2 min read
Dec 30, 2022Member-onlyHave you Ever Thought About Killing Yourself?Living with the killer within — All lights and alarms were on in the trauma ER. Someone quickly pulls me into the code room to relieve the tired ones—my turn. I climb up to the hospital bed, place my hands around her fragile sternum, and push her chest as I look down at this twenty-year-old female…Suicide5 min readSuicide5 min read
Dec 26, 2022The Post-Christmas JoyYou have to go to hell before you go to heaven — Christmas is a hard time for me. I don’t know why that is because everyone and everything indicate to me, I should be joyful. But the forced and fabricated invitation to joy is deeply irritating to me. But today is the 26th. I slept until nine after Christmas; this was…Joy4 min readJoy4 min read
Dec 21, 2022Life is Short: People Want Time Off, not MoneyThe battle to have a work-life balance — It all boils down to this: no one wants to spend their entire week working in this shithole. And, of course, not all workplaces are shitholes, but most suck because they don’t allow a life-work balance — period. We became completely docile and subservient to the industrial model of slave…Work Life Balance4 min readWork Life Balance4 min read